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Can't play an artist's discography on the desktop app

Plan Premium Device PC / Android My Question or Issue This happened a few days ago. Normally when i clicked an Artist > Discography > Show All > And play a song, the next song was from the next album of the artist. Now, the next song is a random one ...

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Issue : no volume control in spotify when exclusive mode is activated

Premium member, France, Windows 10 64 bits updated, Focusrite Audio solo usb external soundcard updated, Desktop app updated I talk with the customer service, we try to solve my problem and they told me that it should be an issue that I have to talk ...

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Black Screen (June 15 2026 install)

PlanPremiumCountryCanadaDeviceDesktop PC IntelOperating SystemWindows 11 My Question or IssueFollowed clean re-install instructions after getting black screen at startup. Installed the latest June 15 version from the Windows Store. Ran once without p...

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Windows Troubleshooting Guide

Having trouble with the Spotify desktop app? Here’s a step-by-step guide of general troubleshooting steps known to resolve a multitude of issues. Basic troubleshooting Restart the Spotify app as well as your PC. Make sure both the app and Windows are...

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Crashing Upon Editing a Playlist Picture

Hi! First off, I really love your app and use it on the daily. I genuinely appreciate your support of the artists! Down to the point of this post, though: recently I've noticed that the Windows desktop app crashes every time I attempt to change or ad...

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Hi! First off, I really love your app and use it on the daily. I genuinely appreciate your support of the artists!   Down to the point of this post, though: recently I've noticed that the Wind...

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Spotify won't stream on pc but does on iphone. Uninstalled and reinstalled but music not available

I have uninstalled and reinstalled Spotify but still receive message that song is unavailable. ALL songs are unavailable. Yet, I can play everything on my iphone. what is the problem?

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I have uninstalled and reinstalled Spotify but still receive message that song is unavailable. ALL songs are unavailable. Yet, I can play everything on my iphone. what is the problem?

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Wrong pictures on playlists.

So I have changed my profile picture and it shows in the top right corner. Everything alright, but on my weekly playlist is still the old one. Is this some sort of bug or just a glich in the code ?. Would be nice to now how to change that. I hope you...

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So I have changed my profile picture and it shows in the top right corner. Everything alright, but on my weekly playlist is still the old one. Is this some sort of bug or just a glich in the code ?.&...

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Cpu performance

The app runs at 100% cpu utilization on my 200gHz processor with adequate memory-even with the music turned off.Thus slow everything down. Similar experiences? Solutions?

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The app runs at 100% cpu utilization on my 200gHz processor with adequate memory-even with the music turned off.Thus slow everything down. Similar experiences? Solutions?

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Version 1.0.69.336.g7edcc575 Cannot Reorignise Playlist

Hi Since update to 1.0.69.336.g7edcc575 you can no longer drag drop to reorg a platlist. There is no White line etc

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Hi   Since update to 1.0.69.336.g7edcc575 you can no longer drag drop to reorg a platlist. There is no White line etc    

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Spotify offline while having a wifi connection

Hi! It's the most ridiculous problem you can think of, but my desktop spotify program can't get online. I've removed and re-installed it 8 times by now. But I can''t get it online! I've checked my firewall about idunno preventing spotify for having a...

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Hi! It's the most ridiculous problem you can think of, but my desktop spotify program can't get online. I've removed and re-installed it 8 times by now. But I can''t get it online! I've checked my fi...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Started a fully, detailed and explained post on a potential problem - got deleted by Spotify.

As topic says, I made a topic about my "Top tracks 2017" list i got on my Spotify Premium Acc. It doesn't reflect at all the songs I've listened to in the year 2017 - Well maybe a few, but mostly not. I made a full, nice and detailed post about it he...

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As topic says, I made a topic about my "Top tracks 2017" list i got on my Spotify Premium Acc. It doesn't reflect at all the songs I've listened to in the year 2017 - Well maybe a few, but mostly not...

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Recently Played list shows nothing

I am using Spotify on my windows 10 laptop (version: 1.0.64.403.gb738707f (Windows Store version)) The app mostly works, though I had to turn off hardware acceleration in order to prevent it from crashing my system. In any event, I've been playing mu...

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I am using Spotify on my windows 10 laptop (version: 1.0.64.403.gb738707f (Windows Store version))   The app mostly works, though I had to turn off hardware acceleration in order to preve...

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Newest spotify update for windows causing high CPU usage while not minimized

I've been on Spotify for windows version 1.0.44.100.ga60c0ce1 for a couple days and I've noticed a new problem. I get a consistent CPU usage of 25-40% at any time the client window is open on my desktop, even when not playing any music or loading any...

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I've been on Spotify for windows version 1.0.44.100.ga60c0ce1 for a couple days and I've noticed a new problem.  I get a consistent CPU usage of 25-40% at any time the client window is open on m...

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Can you make a music player widget like phones but for PC

just like there are music player widgets for phones i REALLY need one for my computer because i dont know why but it takes me a long time to stop or change the music by going to my taskbar and also my computer likes to hide the taskbar on its own som...

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 just like there are music player widgets for phones i REALLY need one for my computer because i dont know why but it takes me a long time to stop or change the music by going to my taskbar and ...

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Desktop Application Loses Focus

After unlocking my PC, the Spotify window (assuming it was open when the PC was locked) will lose focus and be unable to be interacted with until I double-click it in the taskbar and re-summon it again. Any idea what would cause this? Version: 1.0.68...

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After unlocking my PC, the Spotify window (assuming it was open when the PC was locked) will lose focus and be unable to be interacted with until I double-click it in the taskbar and re-summon it aga...

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why there is no download option on the playlist in my Spotify premium

I just bought the license for Spotify Premium, most of the time listening via my Laptop, but there are no download option on my desktop, while in my android, i have it. Can any one help me out on this? Thanks!

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I just bought the license for Spotify Premium, most of the time listening via my Laptop, but there are no download option on my desktop, while in my android, i have it. Can any one help me out on thi...

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Add Song to Fav from Win 10 Desktop Overlay

is it possible to have a shortcut to add song to library when adjusting the volume? or at least a keyboard shortcut?

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is it possible to have a shortcut to add song to library when adjusting the volume? or at least a keyboard shortcut?

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How to keybind skip song while not in client?

Hi, most of the time when I'm playing videogames I have Spotify running in the background playing music. I know if you CTRL-Right Arrow key it'll skip a song if you're in the Spotify program while it's running, however I was wondering if there was a ...

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Hi, most of the time when I'm playing videogames I have Spotify running in the background playing music. I know if you CTRL-Right Arrow key it'll skip a song if you're in the Spotify program while it...

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Spotify Appears Twice in Task Manager (Startup) - SpotifyStartupTask.exe

Hi, As stated in my title, upon opening Task Manager and accessing the 'Startup' tab, Spotify is listed twice for the 'Command Line', "SpotifyStartupTask.exe". I've already tried completely uninstalling and reinstalling, but I was wondering if anyone...

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Hi,   As stated in my title, upon opening Task Manager and accessing the 'Startup' tab, Spotify is listed twice for the 'Command Line', "SpotifyStartupTask.exe".     I've al...

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Stop/unlink Local files from being used?

I've done a fresh install of Windows etc and I have no music related local files on my PC. Absolutely none, Spotfiy is literally the only music related program on my PC now and all other HDD's have been re-formatted. I'm trying to unlink local files ...

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I've done a fresh install of Windows etc and I have no music related local files on my PC. Absolutely none, Spotfiy is literally the only music related program on my PC now and all other HDD's have b...

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exclude titles on playlist

Hello, I was wondering if it possible to exclude/hide/prevent from playing a titlle of a playslist, specially for suggerted/third parties playslist.Sometimes the playlist amde by Spotify or other profile are pretty good but there is one or two titles...

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Hello,   I was wondering if it possible to exclude/hide/prevent from playing a titlle of a playslist, specially for suggerted/third parties playslist.Sometimes the playlist amde by Spotify or ...

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Spotify Plays a Seemly Random Song Whenever I Click a Song

Whenever I click a song to play in my playlist (playlist is on shuffle, but I want to listen to a specific track), Spotify plays a random song. I've found no relation in track time, artist, or placement in the playlist. This happens on all playlists,...

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Whenever I click a song to play in my playlist (playlist is on shuffle, but I want to listen to a specific track), Spotify plays a random song. I've found no relation in track time, artist, or p...

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Solved!! Can't run or un/reinstall!

Hey y'all, I updated to the most recent version of Spotify last week, and since then I haven't been able to run it, like, at all. It shows up in Task Manager but doesn't actually open. Whenever I try and uninstall it via the Control Panel, it just tr...

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Hey y'all, I updated to the most recent version of Spotify last week, and since then I haven't been able to run it, like, at all. It shows up in Task Manager but doesn't actually open. Whenever I try...

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Sound quality difference?

Hi,Is there any difference in sound qualify if you compare downloading song lists to streaming with the higher quality (premium account)? Before downloading I set "higher quality" in the settings. I guess it will be the same sound quality? Regards ch...

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Hi, Is there any difference in sound qualify if you compare downloading song lists to streaming with the higher quality (premium account)? Before downloading I set "higher quality" in the settings. ...

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